Reviews in Lancashire

Recommended by Mrs R We have eaten here at The Buck Inn a number of times and the food really is excellent! A main course cost anything from around £8.95 to £14, but its very good value for money when you consider the sizes of the portions (be hungry when you arrive!) I can recommend a number of dishes - Pendle Lamb, Homemade Ribble Valley Lamb/Steak Pudding (changes but both are excellent!) and my personal favourite; The Paythorne Whale - the batter is so light and crisp without the grease. Desserts too - Made right on the premises by Charlotte apparently. Children are welcome and oozes that family run pub charm so lacking today in many so called PUBS. This is a real happy place to take your loved ones. Of course there's always a downside to somewhere that serves food as excellent as this ... you can try to book but they are very busy so turning up on spec means a wait if you are lucky but believe me is well worth the wait. If you are there for opening time (6.30pm except mondays) then you should get a table straight away.

Leave well alone, my Son's pizza was runny greasy and burnt. When he complained he was told it is the correct way to serve pizza. Intimidated in front of other diners and ended up paying and leaving quickly as other diners were staring. No apology, no answer to complaint letter. (My son has worked as a pizza chef by the way so knows his stuff)

Tried the Three Fishes for the first time yesterday and found it to be a bit of a disappointment. The menu looked okay for starters and for desserts but the main meal section was lacking if you weren't after steak. I plumped in the end for the duck salad and the Lancashire Hotpot ( knowing that Nigel had won awards for one of his hotpots). The salad was okay..nothing special just the usual mix of leaves, meat, blackpudding and egg...not a lot in the way of dressing on it, which made it a tad dry for me. The hot pot was foul. It consisted of meat, potatoe and stringy onions in an overly greasy ladle of dish water. A bit of an insult really considering that not too far down the road at Northcote folk would have been tucking into an award winning version. accompaniment to this meat potatoe and onion was a pickled cabbage which was overly sweet for me. Not a great experience I am afraid.

Visited the Red Pump a few weeks ago and the Inn is as good as others are saying. Had an excellent Pigeon Salad starter and Steak main whilst my wife had venison. Flavours were fantastic and the whole experience and ambience was great. Highly Recommended.

My partner and I visited The Travellers Rest last night and it was a fab experience. The pub is much smaller on the inside than it looks which adds to the ambiance as when you walk through the doors the atmosphere is lovely and warm and very inviting - we thought it was a bit like sitting in someones front room - very relaxing. The meal was superb. I had one of their specials (Duck) which was delicious, my partner chose the Chilli but BEWARE it is exactly what is says on the menu - HOT!! The presentation of the food was wonderful - not quite what you would expect from a local pub which was a nice surprise. My only criticism has to be that the cutlery/crockery was not spotlessly clean which was a shame as apart from that the whole experience was brilliant and the staff were great. DEFINITELY RECOMMEND but would suggest you book a table first!!

I do make at least one annual pilgrimage up to Lancaster just to visit this culinary heaven and treat myself to a yearly feast of sensory magic. I missed last years visit due to illness - probably brought on by the lack of a decent curry locally! Yes it`s a 60+ mile round trip up to here, but worth every litre

I have been several time to Dantes and has been it and miss but lately is completely off the food is very poor (signs of the credit crunch corner cutting) and very expensive for what you get.

food and service was bad and the staff don't have any direction??????? prices to expensive,wine list like 1980 nothing special

home made pies and flavoured chips are great. dabs and fish bite are amazing. fantastic batter and you must try grannys broth

dined on sun 23rd Aug, Food was fab, we would of had dessert and coffee but having been sat for 30 minutes no staff came to ask if we required anything else, we asked a passing waitress for coffee which never came, so we paid and left. Think we must have been unlucky with the staff, but would return.

My wife and I have dined at numerous Italian restaurants. This was the best by far. What made it so special was:- The atmosphere of the venue The professional and accommodating staff And of course the delicious Authentic food. We live in Dubai and was amazed how nice this Restaurant was- a hidden gem.(The prices where very reasonable also)

Every year my partner and i go to the windmill for our anniversary we have been going for 11 years and love the food and the price aswell as the very friendly staff. off there again tonight and really looking forward to it .

Went to this chip shop for the 1st time tonight. We got 2 x Fish and Chips, with the most gorgeous mushy peas! Very good value for money, and the fish was lovely....crisp batter, and fresh fish. The staff were very friendly, and efficient. I would recommend this chippy!

I agree with an earlier poster that these pubs are coasting on a reputation. However, while you know that what you'll be served is usually of good quality and fresh and we do really appreciate the 'use local producers' principle - the few vegetarian options have, on the whole, been very underwhelming and we've left thinking we haven't had good value for money more than once. What's more, the three 'pubs' (let's face it, they're not really pubs) in the chain that we've been to have a very 'corporate' feel and no charm whatsoever. I think/hope the fashion for these sort of places passes or at least levels off. The gloss has certainly rubbed off for us.

We are always treated well at Marcos. The food is great, the staff are friendly, what more could you want?

My partner and I - both vegetarian - ate at La Locanda for the first time recently and both agreed that it was perhaps the most stunning meal we'd ever eaten. All three courses were truly food taken to the highest level and, with the attentive service and cosy atmosphere, it was a dining experience that I think will be hard to beat. I sound gushing here...but it really knocked us out. We're happy to recommend this fabulous restaurant.

I'm not sure why so many people recommend this place, both myself and my partner thought it was rubbish. The staff couldn't care less when we walked in, with no "please", "thank you's", or smiles. The food was bland with not one bit of spice or flavour. Interior decor is old and tatty, could definately do with some modernisation!

4 of us dined here last night (Friday) and enjoyed some really good food. Not having been to a Caribbean restaurant before we all opted for the platters which were very good value for money. It gave us the chance to try a bit of everything off the menu and all of it was extremely delicious and we struggled to finish everything there was plenty on there! The curry deserves a special mention as do the huge king prawns. The only slight criticism was the men were a bit put out at the small choice of lager/beer on offer, they were allowed to bring drinks down from the bar upstairs, but its a bit inconvenient having to leave your table to go yourself to the pub upstairs to get a drink! The staff were friendly and polite apart from one girl who I think needs some customer training. At one point she sighed and rolled her eyes as one of us couldn't decide which cocktail we wanted off the menu. Not a good advertisement for your business. Still, despite that we would go back as the food is great and a good change from the usual eating out experience. ( I would just suggest to the owner to keep a better eye on how the waitresses are treating the customers!)